Category Archives: Current events
“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” — a story of time and tragedy
I recently finished Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Foer, which is very well done. The book is moving and literary, and since it centers on an event (9/11) so recent in memory, very powerful. As this … Continue reading
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Filed under Contemporary, Current events, Literature
“Hitch-22,” by Christopher Hitchins, 1/1
Tome: Hitch-22: A Memoir Author: Christopher Hitchens Country of Origin: United States Genre: Memoir “It is not so much that there are ironies of history, it is that history itself is ironic. It is not that there are no certainties, … Continue reading
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